Season 11

882 - Personnel Cuts at the CDC

Apr 14, 2025

14:53

Episode Description

About this episode:

In the early months of the new administration, several thousand CDC employees were dismissed, were asked to leave, or resigned. In this episode: what we know about these personnel losses, a look at some critical programs that may no longer exist, and concerns about what this means for America's health.

Guest:

Dr. David Fleming served as Deputy Director for Science and Public Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2000-2003 and has had a long career in global and public health strategies.

Host:

Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Show links and related content:

'No guidance and no leadership': chaos and confusion at CDC after mass firings—The Guardian
Fact Sheet: HHS' Transformation to Make America Healthy Again—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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